Great work, What symptoms will the car have with air leaking around a worn spindle bush please?

Ma786sai Dua Joe what an absolutely beautiful most absorbing video. I have a 1982 Mark 1 Rolls-Royce Spirit. I think mine has a SU HIF7. She wafts in peerless timeless regal elegance. She starts up INSTANTLY. Yes my SU carbs like you say have the auto-choke. My question to you is my Rolls runs very rich. Because every few months the plugs get very black. And I have to keep opening them to clean them. How May I get the mixture WEAKENED? I believe turning the screw ANTICLOCK WISE on the SU’s will weaken. Do I need to remove Both SU hif7 to do this? God bless you. Cyrus

Joe, insanely good informative video's, thank you, hero!

Dude this video is amazing. Thank you. Rebuilding some HD8s right now and this is great. How much slop does there need to be to install the bushings? I have just BARELY any slop in the shaft, but a tiny amount.

thanks. I always wondered how to do that without ruining the carburettor.

are aftermarket rebuild kits as good as the actual SU kits?

Great video. Questions: do I really need to change those bushings? Everyone else's video skips that part. How do I tell if the bushings need to be changed? How much play is normal? Am I right that HD8's don't have to be reamed because the bushings has prevented the carb body from being worn. Thanks for this!!

Hi Joe! its any way to modify a Hif7 to could be used like a hiff44, with a cold start mechanism in the same carb?

Very interesting, very helpful and thanks a lot. Colin UK 🇬🇧

Do you have web page for your parts please

Hola Joe, me encantan tus videos¿cual es tu técnica para quitar las agujas atascadas de los pistones sin dañarlas ni torcerlas? Pienso que S.U debería de haber previsto y proveído de un orificio axial a la aguja por dentro del tubo del amortiguador con el propósito de empujar las agujas rebeldes desde atrás con un punzón!

Hi Joe, great video, i'm in Australia, where do you get your reamers from? keep the videos coming please

Hay posibilidad de traducción a español?

Hey Joe, I was informed a Weber 32/36 setup would not work as well as SU's on my 2.0l Volvo engine. The car came with the Weber, and I was sold a pair of SU's to replace them. We rebuilt the motor and added the cam, porting and O/S piston setup. Question is do I rebuild the SU's or go with the Weber? Are the SU's a better carb setup for a mod motor?

Hola Joe. Muy instructivo el video. En los Stromberg 150, que diferencia hay entre las agujas 5 S y 6 Z. En que rango de RPM conviene usar una o la otra. Gracias.

After a rebuild on my HD8 carbs the pistons drop as desired/expected. When I add oil to the damper the piston no longer moves freely. ??? I don't understand this. Do I have to go back and adjust the jet again because of the oil in the damper???

Doing these now, 2022, with Joe's rebuild kits. Brilliant kits. The bushings can be maddening. By the 3rd one I kinda got the hang of it. Don't overlook this. If your shaft bushings are worn/loose the engine will never run properly.

Looking for a reamer like yours to turn down as to have a pilot. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

thanks for the detailed info. I have a RIVERA SU on my Harley, I have a bowl extension on it, it has got a deep grove on one side of the bowl spacer & a shallow grove on the other side, which way does it go ,

i have a 1964 volvo amazon what needles do i need its a 1800 engine B18 and it has twin hiff44 fitted

Do you have a girlfriend named Roselle Scuderi?

never mind Joe, i see the Site!

Do you have a website, text , e-mail, mailing address, contact? Am curios about the PTFE and the SU. Thanks Joe

Hi Joe, I’ve replaced the needle assembly in my left hs2 classic mini carb however it occasionally leaks after hard acceleration. The float seems to be fine (the plastic non adjustable type) what could be the issue? The right carb has not leaked once as uses the same brand of new needle.

How do I buy the reamers

Are you familial with any steel throttle shafts on HD8s used in early E types? I have three of them and have read somewhere they were briefly used.

Nice Video Joe, maybe you can help me out. I have a Jag S-type 66, with 2 SU HD.6 Carbs. In the middle sits an auxilary starting Carburetter, Afther renewing them and put in some new parts, the gasoline keeps poring out off the starting carburetter and it seems that the carburetter it is connected with does not shut. Any Ideas what might be the problem? I follewed all the instructions from the book. Greetings Arie Zwolle/holland

It might seem strange that RR had problems with the same carburetor that worked fine on the MGB. But i think it comes down to basic physics. if the heat or cold source to the carburetor was different on the two or the vibrations it would have affected the malfunction in a positive way. And then you dont have to knock the carburetor with a wrench that in many cases are the solution to a problem.

Your a great teacher! Thanks Joe.

Thanks these videos are great.

Outstanding video and presentation.

Beautiful

Fascinating!

Your hot water test on the brass floats solved what has been a nagging problem on my 66 Mark X 4.2. 2 of 3 floats failed by bubbling from tiny cracks I’d never see with the naked eye. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with the rest of us!

Fantastic. A great help and entertaining!

Dont these wear faster than a brass bushing ?

Great information! Thankyou for your expertise

The HIF44 is a metric carburetor with 44mm bore, or 1.73" and not 1.75"

Z therapy uses roller bearings as bushings on the throttle shaft. Any truth to that and any thoughts on Z Therapys carbs?

Joe, Thanks for taking the time to put this video together. You are helping to keep the old British cars on the road. Very much appreciated.

what I learned is that I know nothing about SU carbs and I better let you do it !

Thanks, Joe. You've just confirmed my suspicion that I need a larger 0.96" needle valve for my application.

Great videos. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Joe, for sharing your knowledge .

Thanks Joe ;)

THE JET NEEDLE. WHAT IF IT DOES NOT REMOVE AFTER THE RETRAINING SCREW IS REMOVED? HIF CARB

Very good info and well explained, cheers Joe

Great video. Confirms a lot of what I was thinking of doing for my Weber 3 barrel carbs... Thanks for posting.

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Great video Joe, very informative. I have 6 throttle bodies on my car that I am looking to bush as they have play on the shafts. The piloted reamers are the trick to getting this job done properly.